I don’t even know how to describe what just happened. Javy Baez has done a LOT of crazy stuff in his time, but I have never seen anything like this ever.
With two outs and a runner on second, Javy Baez hit what looked like a groundout to end the inning. But the throw took the first baseman off the bag and Javy started running BACK to home plate to avoid the tag … which he did long enough for Willson Contreras, who was running from second, to score.
AND THEN BAEZ WAS SAFE AT FIRST AND MADE IT TO SECOND AND SCORED ON THE NEXT PLAY (a bloop single from Ian Happ).
Watch and be dumbfounded and entertained and feel everything all at once:
Javier Báez.
El Mago.
The Magician. pic.twitter.com/yZX7HgUFCU— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 27, 2021
I mean, I’ve NEVER seen anything like that in my life. It should have been the end of the inning, instead it scored two runs and kept the inning alive. All they had to do was toss the ball to first, even after the run scored. If they had just caught it, the force out would’ve applied and the run wouldn’t have counted and the inning would be over. What a colossal mistake.